When you take a step backwards.

I lis­te­ned to this while wri­ting this post, try it while you read :o)

This is the seven­teenth in a series of posts reflec­ting on our willin­gness to remem­ber and the qua­li­ty of that know­ledge. These posts should be read in order of publi­ca­tion. Star­ting with num­ber six, for example, would make no sense to the rea­der. Hap­py reading!

So we were tal­king about esca­ping. Obvious­ly, run­ning away does not solve the situa­tion. In the event that we would sim­ply flee in the face of conflicts and dif­fe­rences of opi­nion, we would all end up alone, each in our own corner.

As for hiding, of course, many today use this tech­nique. Lying about our opi­nions is a form of avoi­dance. A form of camou­flage to buy tran­qui­li­ty. It is inter­es­ting in its own time, but becomes toxic for eve­ryone in the long run.

It can the­re­fore be said that it takes a cle­ver mix of all these ingre­dients to arrive at a set­tle­ment. Socia­li­zing, not hol­ding back to deli­ver a ver­bal joust, but staying casual by pro­po­sing it first, for example. Faced with an impasse, fleeing or hiding are still pos­sible, as long as fleeing does not allow vic­to­ry to be conce­ded. “We agree to disa­gree”, as they say. And that’s fine.

Retur­ning to our ega­li­ta­rian dilem­ma, socia­li­za­tion becomes an impor­tant part of unders­tan­ding adhe­rence to the social contract. Obvious­ly, his­to­ry is full of civi­li­za­tions that have disap­pea­red, strip­ped of their pos­ses­sions or because of divergent deep moral values. Let’s never wish for that again.

To be continued…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on Decem­ber 1, 2020 by Coach Dan­ny